jigjigaUniversity

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
EEng-1041: Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronic Devices
COURSE OBJECTIVE
To explain basic principles and analysis of circuit theory
To explain basic principles of semiconductor electronics
To explain basic principles of analog/digital electronics
Work on different electronic components and circuits and
Work on operational amplifiers
COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction
1.1 Electrical Quantities and Units
Charge, Coulombs Law, Electric Field, Voltage and Current
Power and Energy

1.2

Circuit Elements
Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors
Independent and Dependent Sources

2. DC Circuit Analysis

2.1

Introduction to Resistive Circuits

Kirchoffs Laws(KVL and KCL)
Circuit Analysis Using KVL and KCL

2.2

Circuit Simplifications
Series and Parallel Connections
Equivalent Resistance
Voltage and Current Divider Circuits

2.3

Analysis Techniques
Nodal Analysis
Mesh Analysis
Source Transformation
Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems

3. AC Circuit Analysis
3.1 Sinusoidal Terminologies
Sinusoidal Voltages and Currents
Instantaneous, Average and Effective (rms) Values

3.2 Series and parallel RLC circuit

4. Semiconductor Diodes
4.1 Introduction
Semiconductor Materials, extrinsic materials

4.2 PN Junction Diode

Forward and Reverse Bias

4.3 Diode Circuits and Applications
Half Wave Rectifier , Full Wave Rectifier

5. Transistor Amplifiers
5.1 Transistor

Bipolar Junction Transistor

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Transistor Characteristics
Transistor Action

5.2 Single Stage Transistor Amplifiers

Amplifier Operation, Basic Amplifier Circuits

5.3 Feedback Amplifiers

General Feedback Structure
Properties of negative feedback

5.4 Operational Amplifiers

Introduction to Op-amps
Applications of Op-amps

REFERENCES

1. Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, by R.C. Dorf

2. Basic Electrical Engineering, by A.E. Fitzgerald & D.E. Higginbotham
3. Donald A.Neamen, Electronic Circuit analysis &Design,Irwin,1996
4. Robert Boylestad, Louis Nashelsky :Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory,1998
5. Thomas L.Floyd, Electronic Devices, 4th &7th Ed, 1997&2005.

EVALUATION

Assignments + Quizzes

40%

Mid-Semester Exam

20%

Final Exam

40%

NOTES
Minimum of 80% attendance is mandatory

There might be sudden quizzes

Instructor: Abdirahman M.